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Leaves Of May Apple Stretch To Cover Sky
MORELAND HILLS, Ohio. — A May Apple grows in Moreland Hills, Ohio, on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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A Down Syndrom Boy And Butterfly
HOUSTON — James Grace, 6, looks at a butterfly during the Changing Minds Foundation’s “Butterfly Flutter By” event Sunday, April 22, 2012, in Houston. The foundation released 1,000 live butterflies as part of the event designed to raise awareness of available treatment and research of Down syndrome, a condition that…
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Young Victim of Chernobyl Being Entertained by Clown
MINSK, Belarus — A professional actor who plays as a clown accompanies a child at a scientific research medical center on children’s tumor and blood disease on the outskirts of Minsk, capital of Belarus, on April 19, 2012. Local actors and actresses come to the medical center every week to…
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A Show Of Protest By Pro-Life Group
MEXICO CITY — The Angel of Independence monument steps are lined with black boxes imprinted with white crosses representing coffins, placed there by members of the pro-life group Comit Nacional Pro-Vida, in an anti-abortion demonstration to protest the capital’s law that allows the termination of a pregnancy within the first…
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West Asia
Major news in Turkey on April 23 2012
Top news in <Todays Zaman>: Erdoğan says Turks, Iraqis still brothers despite Maliki’s enmity news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Iraq on April 23 2012
Top news in <Azzaman>: New housing projects for Baghdad news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in India on April 23 2012: Navy plans to have only BTech officers
Top news in <Times of India>: Hi-tech Navy plans to have only BTech officers news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Vietnam on April 23 2012
Top news in <Vietnam News>: Programme to teach science in English ineffective news@theasian.asia
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Business
Globalization of Korean art
Challenges facing local contemporary art community The last two decade has seen the explosion of the Korean wave or “hallyu” around the world. Today, hallyu is a global phenomenon that encompasses every major aspect of Korean culture, including its music (K-pop) and food (hansik). Recent reports note that Korean cultural…
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Asia’s demographic woes
Asia is aging. Current projections indicate that the working population in most Asian countries will decline over the coming years, if they haven’t started already. In response, calls for greater investment became louder so greater efficiency can compensate for the reduction in raw labour inputs. This is certainly an ideal…
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